Well June is well under way, but unfortunately for us work seems to be winding down for the summer break. Here in Italy the state schools break up at the beginning of June and restart in September... that's three months summer holiday! Pretty long when you compare it to the six weeks we get in England. Our courses are finishing and we've decided to go back to England and do summer school in Worthing for July and August. Kind of painful when you think that summer is just getting into full swing. Our leaving date is 28th June, so we have another two weeks to have some fun!
We meet up with her and her boyfriend, Stefano and about ten others at San Vincenzo, a town between Livorno and Grosseto. The sun is out, thermometer has his 30° C and we are swimming in crystal clear sea, lying on powder white sand and all this is an hour and a half from Florence!
The place is packed and we enjoy a great day on this very nice beach. In the afternoon we up the tempo with some crazy ball games, volleyball, volley football, volleyball in the sea! Racquetball, racquetball in the sea! I think that Italians have all these beach games down to a fine art.
One of the group has a summer house here, so we all pile back to Luciano's house for a cold shower and change into some smart evening wear...
We stroll back into the town which at 7.30 is buzzing with life. All the shops are still open and everybody is piling into the many restaurants. This must be a cool place as I even bump into my very trendy boss, Luigi who has two sexy Italian ladies clinging to his side! This is the kind of Italy you imagine...
We install ourselves into a very swanky looking restaurant, 'Il Cantinone' the place is bursting with fresh fish and we have a very tasty and lively evening... Wow, what a fabulous place! And we made some new friends too!
(Original journal entry 15/6/02)
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